This is a very rough initial impression. No pictures but they will come tomorrow.
Well folks it arrived: the ET-4C carbon monolith takedown horsebow (that's a mouthful).
It was delayed but less than I had been lead to believe. Apparently they were getting finishing cracks on the working portion of the limb. It's now flat black rather than just the raw carbon. Time will tell if it holds up.
The included string is some sort of generic HMPE but it's well constructed and fits standard large groove nocks very nicely.
The bow nocks feel very smooth and don't seem to be causing any wear even though they are extremely small.
It's quite heavy in the hand for its size. A significant component of this is the very solid fiberglass joiner piece which fits incredibly well. I've seen a review complain that the two halves don't perfectly meet but this is intentional to accommodate any wear. Personally I don't see wear being an issue but if you really care about the gap and want to shoot without adding a grip just put an oring around there.
They include a bit of prepunched leather to make a grip but I think I'm going to build it up a little and make a grip which splits where the bow separates to take down.
I might make this with synthetic waterproof materials to go with the theme of being rugged and transportable. Heat shrink fishing rod grip comes to mind.
The arrow pass need some protection. I'm thinking a black guitar pick might be just right.
Onto the shooting:
My only other horsebow experience is with two higher end Korean traditional bows owned 14 years apart. They have much smaller working tips and are lighter in the hand.
This does not draw as smoothly as a 53" KTB and I wouldn't expect it to. Actually I feel it stack pretty good starting around 29" and I only bought a 30# because this is intended to be a play bow I can take anywhere.
The string angle is moderate enough I could probably shoot it 2 under at a 28" draw.
Unlike the KTB this bow is narrow at the arrow pass. I'm finding actually hitting the target doesn't take such an indirect aiming method compared to the wide KTB (based on shooting it 3m in my shop anyway).
Despite the tiny grip which I have yet to cover it doesn't kick with heavier arrows anyway. How it does below 10gpp will tell the story.
And that's about all I can say from 20 minutes of inspection then perhaps 2 dozen shots at close range. I have yet to figure out which thumb ring I want to try next so I'm using the Korean "male" style which is extremely secure to draw but harder to get a really crisp release.
Well folks it arrived: the ET-4C carbon monolith takedown horsebow (that's a mouthful).
It was delayed but less than I had been lead to believe. Apparently they were getting finishing cracks on the working portion of the limb. It's now flat black rather than just the raw carbon. Time will tell if it holds up.
The included string is some sort of generic HMPE but it's well constructed and fits standard large groove nocks very nicely.
The bow nocks feel very smooth and don't seem to be causing any wear even though they are extremely small.
It's quite heavy in the hand for its size. A significant component of this is the very solid fiberglass joiner piece which fits incredibly well. I've seen a review complain that the two halves don't perfectly meet but this is intentional to accommodate any wear. Personally I don't see wear being an issue but if you really care about the gap and want to shoot without adding a grip just put an oring around there.
They include a bit of prepunched leather to make a grip but I think I'm going to build it up a little and make a grip which splits where the bow separates to take down.
I might make this with synthetic waterproof materials to go with the theme of being rugged and transportable. Heat shrink fishing rod grip comes to mind.
The arrow pass need some protection. I'm thinking a black guitar pick might be just right.
Onto the shooting:
My only other horsebow experience is with two higher end Korean traditional bows owned 14 years apart. They have much smaller working tips and are lighter in the hand.
This does not draw as smoothly as a 53" KTB and I wouldn't expect it to. Actually I feel it stack pretty good starting around 29" and I only bought a 30# because this is intended to be a play bow I can take anywhere.
The string angle is moderate enough I could probably shoot it 2 under at a 28" draw.
Unlike the KTB this bow is narrow at the arrow pass. I'm finding actually hitting the target doesn't take such an indirect aiming method compared to the wide KTB (based on shooting it 3m in my shop anyway).
Despite the tiny grip which I have yet to cover it doesn't kick with heavier arrows anyway. How it does below 10gpp will tell the story.
And that's about all I can say from 20 minutes of inspection then perhaps 2 dozen shots at close range. I have yet to figure out which thumb ring I want to try next so I'm using the Korean "male" style which is extremely secure to draw but harder to get a really crisp release.
